Chapter 1 Editorial Introduction: Messy Systems ‐ The Target for Multi Agent Based Simulation

Chapter 2 The Use of Models - Making MABS More Informative

Chapter 3 Effects of Interaction Topology and Activation Regime in Several Multi-Agent Systems

Chapter 4 Simulating Emergence and Downward Causation in Small Groups

Chapter 5 Modeling a Virtual Food Court Using DECAF

Chapter 6 How to Combine Reactivity and Anticipation: The Case of Conflicts Resolution in a Simulated Road Traffic

Chapter 7 Multi Agent Based Simulation: Beyond Social Simulation

Chapter 8 A Multi-Agent Based Simulation of Sand Piles in a Static Equilibrium

Chapter 9 Speeding Up CapBasED-AMS Activities through Multi-Agent Scheduling

Chapter 10 The Micro-Macro Link in DAI and Sociology

Chapter 11 The Simmel Effect: Imitation and Avoidance in Social Hierarchies

Chapter 12 Cooperation without Memory or Space: Tags, Groups and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Chapter 13 Sexual Attraction and Inter-sexual Dominance among Virtual Agents

Chapter 14 Multi-Agent Modelling and Renewable Resources Issues: The Relevance of Shared Representations for Interacting Agents

Chapter 15 Understanding Climate Policy Using Participatory Agent-Based Social Simulation

Chapter 16 Enhancing Multi-Agent Based Simulation with Human-Like Decision Making Strategies

Chapter 17 Mapping the Envelope of Social Simulation Trajectories

Chapter 18 Agent-Based Social Simulation with Coalitions in Social Reasoning